He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, where a boy is so lucky because he can play ice hockey outdoors 10 to 11 months a year.

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"That's My Boy" will be lucky to earn even half that amount.

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Bates also adopted a boy from Russia in 2010, and considers herself lucky, given the ban imposed by Russia in December.

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Keiko, whose name means "Lucky One" in Japanese, starred in three Free Willy films, in which a young boy befriends a killer whale and encourages him to jump over an aquarium wall to ocean freedom.

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